What You Can Expect To Make With An MBA From A Top School

Highest Starting Salary & Bonus For Graduating MBAs At Top Business Schools

School 2014 Pay 2013 Pay 2012 Pay 2011 Pay 2010 Pay 5-Year Change
Harvard $144,750 $138,346 $142,501 $139,735 $131,759 9.9%
MIT (Sloan) $142,936 $137,057 $139,035 $132,618 $125,905 13.5%
Stanford $142,834 $137,525 $140,459 $140,972 $131,949 8.2%
Pennsylvania (Wharton) $142,574 $141,243 $138,302 $137,311 $132,579 7.5%
Dartmouth (Tuck) $142,489 $139,036 $138,713 $138,220 $128,013 11.3%
UC-Berkeley (Haas) $140,935 $134,078 $133,786 $129,776 $120,164 17.3%
Michigan (Ross) $140,497 $134,883 $134,360 $127,817 $116,201 20.9%
Columbia $139,006 $137,654 $134,868 $134,233 $123,486 12.6%
Chicago (Booth) $137,615 $135,982 $135,653 $133,424 $126,779 8.5%
Duke (Fuqua) $137,154 $135,101 $136,461 $128,666 $118,923 15.3%
Virginia (Darden) $136,474 $136,102 $131,906 $127,595 $119,278 14.4%
Northwestern (Kellogg) $136,357 $135,838 $134,001 $130,092 $123,996 10.0%
New York (Stern) $135,933 $131,975 $133,919 $128,888 $121,867 11.5%
Cornell (Johnson) $132,316 $129,037 $127,368 $122,329 $112,039 18.1%
Carnegie Mellon (Tepper) $131,865 $131,181 $128,101 $117,650 $106,066 24.3%
Emory (Goizueta) $128,347 $124,148 $124,066 $121,050 $100,300 28.0%
UCLA (Anderson) $127,535 $123,353 $121,864 $119,109 $108,806 17.2%
Yale $126,871 $126,013 $121,631 $125,735 $113,226 12.1%
Texas (McCombs) $126,160 $123,868 $123,177 $118,410 $108,886 15.9%
Washington (Foster) $125,367 $118,759 $110,768 $97,970 $91,593 36.9%
UNC (Kenan-Flagler) $124,641 $123,526 $118,195 $101,904 $111,327 12.0%
Indiana (Kelley) $119,581 $113,898 $108,807 $106,195 $101,206 18.2%
Georgetown (McDonough) $118,938 $118,620 $114,744 $111,721 $103,676 14.7%
Rice (Jones) $117,074 $115,693 $108,587 $108,175 $102,017 14.8%
Notre Dame (Mendoza) $115,694 $115,296 $111,255 $104,763 $96,490 19.9%

Source: Business schools reporting to U.S. News & World Report

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